One of the first recording artists that I had a chance to interview on the program was Bobby Vee. Over the years he joined us a few times by phone. He performed in Richland Center in 2006 with the Crickets and Tommy Roe. Those that were there that night saw rock and roll history. Bobby announced in 2012 that he was in the early stages of Alzheimers disease and he passed away on Monday of this week. Bobby was always a great interview for me on Those Were The Days. He could talk first hand about other artists such as Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney. The Beatles recorded 'Take Good Care Of My Baby'. A young Bob Dylan played in Bobby Vee's band back in 1959. Elvis told him that he had a couple of Bobby Vee records on his jukebox. He never forgot us here in the Badger State. A few of his records were first given a boost with airplay in Wisconsin including his 1967 hit 'Come Back When Your Grow Up'. We will remember Bobby Vee during our Those Were The Days get together Saturday night. I will be in the studio to take your old time rock and roll requests. We will play a few of our favorite Halloween records on this weekends show. Join me between 6 pm and Midnight on WRCO FM 100.9 for Those Were The Days Saturday night.

On Those Were The Days Saturday night we will play a few rock & roll history highlights. WRCO FM 100.9 will also feature W.I.A.A. Regional championship volleyball with the first serve scheduled for 7:00 pm. Following high school sports we will be taking your rock and roll requests until Midnight. We will highlight some of my favorite hits from the late 1970's during that time. Join me Saturday night for the best of the fifties, sixties, seventies, and eighties.

Thanks for all of the good comments about our program last week leading up to our 30th anniversary show. The show went great! Thanks to good listeners Jeff and Mary Peper for bringing a beautiful and tasty cake. My beautiful wife June brought me an anniversary apple crisp which was also delightful. I look forward to this Saturday night when we begin our next 30 years!

It seems like maybe ten years have gone by since I first played an old record on a new radio program called 'Those Were The Days'. The first official Saturday night program aired on October 11, 1986. Where does the time go? This program has been such a blast through the years. Each week it seems I am talking to a first time caller and there are listeners who were listening that first night. It is my hope and goal that we are able to keep it going for a few more years! Thanks to you for listening and to Ron and Beth Fruit for giving me a great place to work and the opportunity to play from my record collection each Saturday night. I will be in the building Saturday night to take your requests and play trivia. A look back at October of 1986 will be among our special features. We will find out what was hot and happening when Those Were The Days first went on the air. I was playing some of those songs when they were brand new. Thirty years later they are old enough to be played on Saturday night! In 1986 the Monkees were playing on MTV and there were many requests for their music. The song Stand By Me by Ben E. King was a Top Forty hit and was an oldie at the same time after the movie of the same name was released. During the next year Dirty Dancing soundtrack songs were big and Richie Valens tunes from the LaBamba soundtrack were hot. There have been many trends through the years that have been fun to be a part of. We have made the transition from records, cassettes, and radio station carts to cds and computers. It has been an amazing thirty years. We still have at least 21 or more years to go to break Ray Schroeder's Rem. With Ray record for the number of years on WRCO.

It was the second half of 1976. A young record album buyer was having a tough time buying all of the albums he wanted on a $2.00 a week allowance. It would take me a month to save up to buy one and if I wanted a Mallow Cup at Gus's Service Station I couldn't afford the album. Between August and December of 1976, there were many record albums released that still are highly regarded today. This Saturday night on WRCO FM 100.9, we will play a few of those vinyl memories during Those Were The Days. Here is a list of some of my favorite second half of 1976 record albums.

Boston- Boston, Songs In The Key Of Life-Stevie Wonder, Crystal Ball-Styx, Night Moves-Bob Seger, Leftoverture-Kansas, Tom Petty's debut, Rock And Roll Over-Kiss, 33 1/3-George Harrison, The Pretender-Jackson Browne, Hotel California-Eagles, A Day At The Races-Queen, and Wings Over America-Wings. Hear some tracks from these albums during this weekends rock and roll revival. You can ask that a pop radio hit from the fifties through the eighties be played between six and Midnight Saturday night. I will be in the studio to take your requests. We will play trivia and you can impress your friends. I hope to hear from you Saturday night.

As the air got cooler and homecoming was in the air, a young freshman center/nose guard stood on the Ithaca sidelines cheering on the older members of the football team. Through my high school sports career I often was busy thinking about the record hop after the game. There were great tunes running through my head during the Fall of 1978. Music from Bob Seger, Boston, Cheap Trick, Earth-Wind-and Fire, and much more. I will get the chance to play them on the radio for you this Saturday night during Those Were The Days on WRCO FM 100.9. The hotline will be open for you to request a song. You can take on a trivia challenge during our six hour rock and roll show. We will have a great time on Saturday night.